William Carr (Arena football)

William Carr
Position: Defensive line / offensive lineman
Personal information
Date of birth: (1975-01-13) January 13, 1975
Place of birth: Dallas, Texas
Career information
High school: David W. Carter (TX)
College: Michigan
NFL Draft: 1997 / Round: 7 / Pick: 217
Career history
As player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Career Arena statistics
Tackles: 46
Sacks: 8.5
FF: 2
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

William Carr (born July 13, 1975) is a former Arena football defensive / offensive lineman. He played college football at Michigan. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round (217th overall) of the 1997 NFL draft.

College career

Carr attended Michigan. While there he was named First team All-Big Ten in 1996 as well as College and Professional Football News as a First team All-American. He finished third on Michigan's career tackles-for-loss list.

College statistics

Michigan career statistics
Year Team Games Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles Blocked
Solo Ast Total TFL – Yds No – Yds Int – Yds BU PD Qbh Rcv – Yds FF Kick Saf
1993 Michigan 4 3 1 4 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 Michigan 11 11 5 16 1-1 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 Michigan 13 46 36 82 21-78 6-41 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 Michigan 12 49 29 78 15-52 3-18 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0
Career 40 109 71 180 38-138 11-67 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0

Professional career

Carr was selected in the 7th round (217th overall) in the 1997 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.

In 1999, he joined the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (AFL). While with the Predators, he recorded 13 tackles, four sacks, one pass break up, two forced fumbles and one blocked field goal. In 2000, he joined the Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe. On April 26, 2003, Carr was signed by the Georgia Force.[1] While there he recorded two tackles, for the season. For 2004, he recorded 15 tackles and 3.5 sacks for the Force. In 2005, he joined the Grand Rapids Rampage where he recorded nine tackles. In March, 2005 he was traded to the Predators in exchange for Cecil Caldwell.[2] During his second and final stint with the Predators he recorded seven tackles and one sack.

Career statistics

AFL career statistics
Year Team Games Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles Blocked
Solo Ast Total TFL No Int BU PD Qbh R FF Kick Saf
1999 Orlando -- 6 7 13 -- 4 0 1 0 -- 0 2 1 0
2003 Georgia -- 0 2 2 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
2004 Georgia -- 9 6 15 -- 3.5 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
2005 Grand Rapids -- 2 7 9 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
2005 Orlando -- 4 3 7 -- 1 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0
Career -- 21 25 46 -- 8.5 0 1 0 -- 0 2 1 0

Coaching career

Carr became the defensive line coach at Arizona Western College in 2012, a position he held until 2013.[3] After which he joined the coaching staff at Michigan under head coach Brady Hoke as a student assistant.[3] He spent two seasons at Michigan. In February 2016, it was reported that Carr would be joining the Texas coaching staff.[4] He joined Texas as a Special Assistant/Analyst.[5]

Personal life

After he retired from playing football, Carr ran his on apparel company called Will-O.[3] In 2014, Carr returned to Ann Arbor, Michigan to finish his degree in kinesiology.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Transactions". NYTimes.com. New York Times. April 26, 2003. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rampage trade Carr for Caldwell and future considerations". OurSportsCentral.com. March 30, 2005. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "U-M's Will Carr: Football life as a coach like 'heaven'". Detroit Free Press. November 12, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ Ebert, Wescott (February 21, 2016). "Texas expected to hire Michigan's William Carr as defensive analyst". BurntOrangeNation.com. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Staff: Graduate Assistants/Special Assistants". Retrieved August 9, 2016.
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